London ∙ Nurses in the UK, who are on strike for a pay rise, have gone on strike for the second time. After a 2 day strike in December, yesterday and today went on strike for 12 hours each. No strike in emergency and cancer departments.
If the government is not ready to reconcile, the workers of the paramedical departments also decided to go on a national strike in February. Unions hope that the government will be ready to solve the problem before the strike announced on February 6 and 7. Around 10,000 ambulance drivers have announced that they will go on strike for 4 days in February and March.
It is estimated that 4,500 surgeries and 25,000 OP consultations will be canceled during the strike which continues today and tomorrow.
English summary : UK nurses on strike
